Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
An agent-based model clarifies the importance of functional and developmental integration in shaping brain evolution
Shahar Avin, Adrian Currie, Stephen H. Montgomery
The paper uses an agent-based model to show that concerted brain evolution patterns do not necessarily indicate developmental coupling or constraint, and that adaptive mechanisms depend on selection distribution and environmental factors.
DOI 10.1186/s12915-021-01024-1